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A map of worldwide wheat production in 2000 Wheat is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world. The following international wheat production statistics come from the Food and Agriculture Organization figures from FAOSTAT database, older from International Grains Council figures from the report "Grain Market Report". The ...
Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
This is a list of countries by cereal production in 2023 based on the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The total world cereal production for 2023 was over three billion metric tons. The per-capita world cereal production for that year was about or nearly 400 kilograms per person. [citation needed]
Efforts to expand wheat production in South Africa, Kenya and India were stymied by low yields and disease. However, by 2000 India had become the second largest producer of wheat in the world. [115] In the 19th century the American wheat frontier moved rapidly westward. By the 1880s 70% of American exports went to British ports.
A smaller acreage base sets the stage for reduced U.S. wheat production, tightening global supplies and leaving the world more vulnerable to shortages if the flow of wheat from top global exporter ...
Cereals are the world's largest crops by tonnage of grain produced. [82] Three cereals, maize, wheat, and rice, together accounted for 89% of all cereal production worldwide in 2012, and 43% of the global supply of food energy in 2009, [90] while the production of oats and rye has drastically fallen from their 1960s levels. [91]
Barley production 2020: ranked 57th [14] Rice production 2020: ranked 3rd [15] Wheat production 2020: ranked 30th [16] Onion production: ranked 9th [17] Cabbage production: ranked 25th [18] Cauliflower and broccoli production: ranked 9th [19] Potato production: ranked 7th [20] Soybean production: ranked 35th [21] Cucumber production: ranked ...
The value and production of individual crops varies substantially from year to year as prices fluctuate on the world and country markets and weather and other factors influence production. This list includes the top 50 most valuable crops and livestock products but does not necessarily include the top 50 most heavily produced crops and ...